TY  - JOUR
T1  - Urban Poverty-A ‘Complex’ Resulting from the Inability of Governments to Keep up with
Urbanization
AU - Mncwango, B. AU - Allopi, D. 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 21
SP  - 3599
EP  - 3604
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.3599.3604
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.3599.3604
KW  - Urbanization
KW  -expanded polystyrene
KW  -concrete
KW  -environmental degradation
KW  -potential
KW  -possessions
KW  -homelessness
AB  - Urbanization is popularly known as the
migration of people from rural to urban areas. This
process is sparked by a number of push and pull factors.
The biggest pull in urban areas for those living in rural
areas is the promise of employment and potential
prosperity. Urbanization has also brought with it the
unintended manifestations of poverty and environmental
degradation. This has led to a phenomenon called ‘urbanpoverty’.
Urban poverty is the sustained lack of income or
material possessions for those who reside in urban
centres. Urban poverty is also largely characterized by
homelessness and shanty dwellings. Such deprivation has
led researchers to consider more innovative ways to make
common building materials such as concrete easily
accessible even for low-income households. One such
concrete innovation is Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
concrete. Although, EPS concrete is highly beneficial in
its various forms and uses in construction, this study
forms on-going research into improvements of its
technical characteristics. This study highlights two
immediate areas to be considered as the research
progresses. The first area relates to the use of various
density types of EPS beads in EPS concrete instead of one
type as more commonly used. The second area is the
aspect of considering EPS beads asa partial replacement
for the coarse aggregate.
ER  -